HC Deb 26 June 1992 vol 210 cc335-6W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total number of local authority housing tenancies available within(a) England and (b) Yorkshire and Humberside, annually for the years 1980 to 1991.

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 25 June 1992]: The information derived from local authorities' annual housing investment programme returns is as follows.

Local authority dwellings either occupied or available for letting at 1 April each year
Thousands
England Yorkshire and Humberside
1980 4,667 582
1981 4,815 588
1982 4,719 580
1983 4,576 559
England Yorkshire and Humberside
1984 4,477 550
1985 4,425 544
1986 4,356 537
1987 4,325 531
1988 4,242 520
1989 4,098 505
1990 3,959 485
1991 3,835 473

Notes:

(1) The figures for the years up to 1986 do not include local authority owned dwellings situated outside the authority's own area.

(2) The information up to 1982 also excludes local authority dwellings available for letting.